Michelle & Paul | Nanina’s in the Park | Belleville, NJ
I noticed Paul at our high school orientation and thought he was cute. We had a lot of classes together and we quickly became friends…
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Karley & Joe | The Roundhouse | Beacon, NY
Joey and I met the summer I moved to Queens from upstate NY. We were at a mutual friend’s party in Manhattan…
Nicole & Thomas | Harbor Club at Prime | Huntington, NY
Tom and I knew each other but hadn’t seen each other in almost 18 years. Thanks to Tom’s persistence, our first date was at Thom Thom Steak and Seafood …
Lianna & Joshua | Harbor Club at Prime | Huntington, NY
Josh and I met when I was living in Vermont. He invited me over for a home-cooked meal, and after an amazing duck dinner we spent hours talking…
Yael & Adam | Faculty House at Columbia U. | New York, NY
Adam and I met through the dating app OkCupid. I am a nurse and Adam is a software engineer…
Jason & Rachel | The Roundhouse | Beacon, NY
Jason and I met in college, where we lived next door to each other in my freshman dorm. We started dating the following year…
Jennifer & Eric | Harbor Club at Prime | Huntington, NY
I met Eric in high school, but we were just acquaintances. The summer before my senior year of college, we ran into each other…
Kimberly & Michael | Above | Staten Island, NY
I met Michael on our college campus and we ended up spending that whole day together and nearly every day since…
Daniela & Karol | Above | Staten Island, NY
Karol and I went to senior prom together and have been inseparable ever since…
Ashley & Joe | Brooklyn Botanic Garden | Brooklyn, NY
Joe and I met during college at Loyola University. We were friends for two years before we started dating…
Jessica & Scott | The Wagner at the Battery | New York, NY
Scott and I met through mutual friends. We were given each other’s numbers, and after a week of texting, we scheduled our first date.
Sloane & Daniel | Northern Valley Affairs | Closter, NJ
Dan and I matched on Tinder and went on our first date a few days later. He took me to the Jersey Shore for dinner and we hit it off right away…
Monet & Jamie | Harbor Club at Prime | Huntington, NY
My family has owned and operated a flower shop in Huntington, NY for over 30 years. While I was in college, I worked for a flower shop …
Heather & Matthew | Waterside Restaurant & Catering | North Bergen, NJ
Matt and I met on a dating site, which is surprising because I am usually a little hesitant about dating sites. We met for drinks and hit it off right away.
Sarah & Mark | Brooklyn Botanic Garden | Brooklyn, NY
I have been best friends with Mark’s little sister, Jakelyn (Jaki), since seventh grade…
Johanna & Benjamin | Brooklyn Botanic Garden | Brooklyn, NY
We met while in college at Princeton. We bonded over the Yankees and were good friends for about four years before we started dating…
Pamela & Andrew | Northern Valley Affairs | Closter, NJ
Our freshman year of college, Andrew and I were in the same dorm and on the same floor. We were friends at first…
Graziella & Dominick | Above | Staten Island, NY
I met Dominick when I was in eighth grade and he had just started high school. We were good friends for about two years, both secretly liking each other…
Emma & Chase | The Wagner at the Battery | New York, NY
Chase and I met during our junior year of college at a party, well really, at several parties. After only a few encounters…
Alyssa & Steve | Above | Staten Island, NY
Steve and I met in high school. Being just kids at the time, for our first date, he gave me the choice of McDonald’s or Wendy’s, and I chose …
Natalie & Ravi | Hotel Eventi | New York, NY
Ravi & I met in high school during the fall of our senior year. Even though we were hanging out all the time, we were hesitant to start officially dating…
Leila & Michael | Waterside Restaurant & Catering | North Bergen, NJ
I met Michael through mutual friends while I was visiting New York and …
Erica & Bryan | Above | Staten Island, NY
Bryan and I were set up on a blind date by my uncle Leo and Bryan’s brother Keith, who were friends…
Katie & Jason | Northern Valley Affairs | Closter, NJ
Jason and I met at a mutual friend’s birthday party…
Lisa & Joshua | Faculty House at Columbia University | NYC
Some would say fate brought us together, 7,000 miles away from home. Josh and I both grew up in the US and were relocated to Shanghai, China for work…
Stephanie & Jason | Above | Staten Island, NY
Jay and I met when we were both out with friends at a lounge, Level, and we hit it off…
Jennifer & Eli | Waterside Restaurant | North Bergen, NJ
Eli and I met on match.com. I work in fashion design and Eli is an electrical contractor…
Elise & Benjamin | Faculty House at Columbia U. | New York, NY
We read the same article in the Wall Street Journal about online dating, which mentioned a specific new site…
Katelyn & Emilio | Nanina’s in the Park | Belleville, NJ
It all started when my father couldn’t drive and I would take him to the bank. One day he said, “There’s a really nice boy I’d like you to meet.”
Katie & Anoop | Waterside Restaurant & Catering | North Bergen, NJ
Anoop and I met in the fourth grade! We started dating when we were freshman in high school…
Kristy & Matthew | Above | Staten Island, NY
Matt and I met at Wagner College when he was a senior and I was a junior. We had several friends in common and then our friendship turned into more.
Kara & Paul | Brooklyn Botanic Garden | Brooklyn, NY
Paul and I met in Chicago when we both ended up working at the same public relations agency…
Taryn & Jabari | Metropolitan Room | Newark, NJ
Jabari and I were good friends for over a year while I was living in Hoboken and working as a teacher and he was living in New Hampshire…
Stephanie & Alex | Liberty House | Jersey City, NJ
Alex and I went to the same high school, but our paths did not cross until I was 23 years old…
Erica & Matthew | Harbor Club at Prime | Huntington, NY
Once my sister Natalie and Matt’s brother Mike began planning their wedding, with me as maid of honor and Matt as best man, Matt and I realized how…
Kaitlin & Paul | Nanina’s in the Park | Belleville, NJ
I’ve been friends with Paul’s sister, Allie, since I was eight years old and I’ve always had a crush on him growing up and …
Jillian & Shane | Nanina’s in the Park | Belleville, NJ
I had a crush on Shane since I met him during homeroom our junior year of high school. We both attended the same college…
Yael & DJ | Northern Valley Affairs | Closter, NJ
DJ and I were set up by good friends. We were both at their wedding but didn’t meet each other until our “blind date.”
Nicole & Joseph | Waterside Restaurant & Catering | North Bergen, NJ
Joseph and I met while working together at the same company. We’ve been together ever since and were together for eight years when we got engaged.
Jaclyn & Nadav | Northern Valley Affairs | Closter, NJ
I met Nadav at his best friend Justin’s birthday party in Manhattan’s Meatpacking district …
Heather & Jose | Faculty House at Columbia U. | New York, NY
Jose and I had been graduate students together at Columbia University for nearly two years…